Holley-wood moment for former reality star in Cowboys’ victory

Jesse Holley is the Carrie Underwood of the NFL. From a reality star to a star.

And Holley wears his star on his helmet.

On Sunday, Holley made his first NFL catch and later hauled in a 77-yard Tony Romo (playing the role of hero with a broken rib) pass that set up a game-winning field goal in the Cowboys’ overtime victory over San Francisco.

He celebrated the moment. And celebrated. And celebrated some more.

Who could blame him.

In 2009, Holley was an out of work as a football player and went on former Dallas Cowboys star receiver Michael Irwin’s reality show.

Holley beat out 11 competitors on the program to earn an invite to the team’s training camp. He eventually played well enough to earn a spot on the practice squad and was called up to the main roster in the middle of the season.

The reality show, which broadcast on Spike TV during the summer of 2009, gave Holley an in with the Cowboys and he made the most of it. The winner of the show got an invite to camp, but nobody thought anything of that.